The tuneable emission colour of a solution of various bromide based perovskite nanocrystals under UV light. Credit: Dr Wenping Yin.
Centre of Excellence giving solar energy a twist
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Research into solar cell technology at different nodes of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science is leading

Andrew Johnston and Buyung Kosasih, assessing the performance of the Mark I slotted air jet laboratory equipment. Credit: Paul Jones.
It’s all in the coating – creating longer lasting steel products
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BlueScope, a provider of innovative steel materials, products, building systems and one of the world’s leading manufa

Associate Process Qilin Wang. Credit Kev Anastacio.
Harvesting human waste for green energy
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Associate Professor Qilin Wang is an ARC Future Fellow and winner of the 2020 Eureka Prize for Outstanding Early Care

Professor Maria Forsyth. Credit: ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre in Future Energy Storage Technologies.
Future is fully charged with new battery technology
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The rechargeable Lithium-ion (LI) battery has become a ubiquitous technology that underpins our lives, powering our m

May Nango, Dr Florin and Djaykuk Djandjomerr collecting plants in Kakadu. Credit: Elspeth Hayes, with permission of the Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation.
Ancient food debris tells the story of 65,000 years
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Australia’s oldest known plant foods, eaten by early communities 65,000 years ago, have been discovered by researchers working at a remote rockshelter in…

Darryl Kickett (centre) with Narrogin-based Research Assistant and Dryandra Wilman Elder Travis Abraham (left) and Wilman Elder Clive Abraham (right). Credit: Curtin University
Healing land and people with biodiversity research
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A Discovery Indigenous research project led by Mr Darryl Kickett from Curtin University's School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry is advancing…

One of the iconic boab trees with a carving in the Kimberley, WA. Credit: Jane Balme
Recording the stories carved in ancient boab trees
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Research leaders from four Australian universities, supported through one of the first ARC Special Research Initiative for Australian Society, History and…

Western cavity, Pudjinuk Rockshelter. Credit: Amy Roberts, Flinders University
Graffiti records the stories of conflict
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Archaeologists from Flinders University have analysed 188 engravings in a remote South Australian rockshelter, which depict symbols of conflict and stand as…

ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) recipients, Dr Nicolás Campione and Dr Phil Bell, and PhD candidate Timothy Frauenfelder, from the University of New England, have been studying opalised dinosaur teeth to help paint a picture of the eating habits and lifestyles of the largest land animals to ever roam the planet: sauropods. The teeth were found near the town of Lightning Ridge and are ~100 million years old. Confident in the knowledge that sauropod tooth fossils with different shapes cam
What opal fossils tell us about giant Australian dinosaurs
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ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) recipients, Dr Nicolás Campione and Dr Phil Bell, and PhD candida

The research team after their return to Hobart. Credit: Professor Hrvoje Tkalčić
Unlocking Macquarie Island’s geological secrets
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A team of ARC-supported researchers embarked on a landmark voyage to shed new light on Macquarie Island’s underlying structure and geological evolution, and…

Mud wasp nest samples and their development sequence. Credit: Damien Finch
Dating Gwion Gwion rock art figures in the Kimberley
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A team of ARC-supported archaeologists has been able to accurately date a significant number of the Kimberley’s most remarkable ancient rock art to more…

The research team:Top row from left: Jason Jung, Ali Almasi (joint 1st author), Hamish Meffin (joint 1st author), Scott Sun. Bottom row: Molis Yunzab, Michael Ibbotson (Lab Head), Mitchell Crawford (lab technician). Credit: ARC Centre of Excellence for Integrative Brain Function.
How the human brain processes visual information
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A team of researchers at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Integrative Brain Function, with lead researchers Dr Ali Almasi from the National Vision Research…